The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-13

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| the probabilities were all in her favor,
If it was true that either of the servants
had committed the robberies, it was
likewise true that they had covered theil
tracks SO well that we had no hopes o.
making an arrest. / worked on the CASE
three weeks, and then abandoned it
Mrs. Williams seemed much more dis
| appointed than her husband oyer my
failure, and she shed tears of ~vexatior
when informed that I was to drop the
case, or at least to cease active work. ]
meant to keep the butler and chamber.
maid under surveillance for a time
longer, but I could not promise that any.
thing would come of it.
The third day after this, Fate played
me a curious trick. had dropped into
a family restaurant for a plate of oysters,
and not caring to have corners and goers
study my face, / went up stairs to be
served in one of the little rooms or stalls.
l had devoured my oysters and drunk my
coffee when a lady and gentleman en-
tered the next stall on the right, and it
wasn't ten seconds before I recognized
Mrs. Williams voice. The mans iden-
tity / also soon established by his tones.
He was a handsome, dissipated chap
named Raynor, known in all the clubs as
a great spendthrift, and reported to the
police as a reckless gambler. The pair
were scarcely seated in the stall when
the lady said:
"Will, l can do no more for you. ]
have robbed myself, stolen from my
husband, and perjured myself to the
officers to help you out of your troubles.
You are no sooner out of one trou-
BILE than you bring another upon your
SELF
"softly, sister Nell, softly!" chided
the man. Il have always been kind to
you. I have always been the best
brother in the world. Give me a chance.
l was horribly in debt. You have come
to my aid in a grand way, and God will
bless you for it"
"Hush, Will! God cannot bless ne
for stealing from my husband to pay
your gambling debts. Do you know
the value of that package l gave you the
night you came and threatened to COM
nit suieide?"
"About $1s, 900, I believe, and it
helped me out of three or four bad
scrapes."
"And I thought it was only 5000! Oh,
brother, I am afraid you are down to
ruin"
"Poohi pooh! Nell, I am no worse
than hundreds of others who are sowing
their wild oats. Make a raise of a couple
of thousand for me this week, and I'll
go to Europe and remain away until I
can steady down"
81 cannot do it. 1 can't even raise
$50"
"But you must. It's either Europe for
me OF a bullet through my head"
With that I walked in on the pair. A
few words had made the case as plain as
day. While it was 'all in the family
as the saying is, and while there was no
probability hat the dissolute brother
would be punished, / did not rest until
he had been taken into Williams's pres
and made to confess all. The vic
had no desire to resort to the courts,
but he was a man of considerable temper,
and his remarks were anything but COM
plimentary. I left the house in company
with the brother, and as we gained the
walk he asked:
do you think the old man would
she'll out a couple of thousand for me"
"You must be crazy" l replied.
"Then the game is up, and here's
good-by to you'll" he exclaimed, and be-
lore / could lift a hand he had pulled a
pistol and sent a bullet into his head
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